Historical Photograph: [Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Frederick Douglass

Historical Photograph: [Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

04/26/1870

Historical Photograph

The Library of Congress features an 1870 black and white, half-length, historical photograph, taken by George Francis Schreiber, that depicts Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery--seated while looking to the right and dressed in a suit.

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